What happened?

I have started publishing

Yes, I have had published a few (32) manuscripts in the past, but they were average (with a single exception).

This year I have pulled off two papers in more prestigious venues.

I have started publishing

Why have I started publishing?

Why have I started publishing (negative datasets)

Why have I started publishing (AmyloGraph)

Comparisons - negative datasets

  • 4 years: envisioned length of the doctoral studies in Poland
  • 3.31 years: average post-doc time (10.1371/journal.pone.0263185)
  • Negative datasets:
    • the first group meeting: 29-06-2020.
    • the first meeting ‘Przemek + gang + Michał’ = AmpGram: 25-10-2019
    • the first e-mail to Przemek and Stefan on the topic on negative data sampling: 05-03-2019.
    • Kasia and I work on the AmpGram: December 2018.
    • First biogram commit: 05-08-2014.

Comparisons - AmyloGraph

  • 4 years: envisioned length of the doctoral studies in Poland
  • 3.31 years: average post-doc time (10.1371/journal.pone.0263185)
  • AmyloGraph:
    • the first meeting with curators: 08-02-2021.
    • the first meeting with Kasia Hubicka: 25-11-2020.
    • the second grant submission: 15-12-2019.
    • the first grant submission: 14-12-2018.
    • the first graph of interactions: somewhere in 2017.

Afterthoughts

Was it worth?

  • Now I’m happy that I did big projects:
    • but it was very risky (I did not publish small works, my CV was looking worse).
    • but they killed me energy-wise (no grant application in July, personal life suffered greatly, mini-seizure).
  • each project I stopped loving in the process:
    • suddenly the work became very hard because I did not have the drive.
    • it is a consequence of the gap between expectations and reality.

What I have learned?

  • a creative work is really hard to delegate

What I have learned?

  • a creative work every kind of work is really hard to delegate.
  • discussing the project with other researchers outside the project helps the project to move forward: the knowledge is everything.
  • I note too little: thanks to that, projects were disorganized.
  • I plan to little: the projects failed to achieve the envisioned impact.
  • people are hard to replace.
  • all unexpected difficulties arisen from the wrong communication with people.
  • even though we work in a group, I have to deal with my stress nor disappointment on my own.

Why other projects are not that successful?

I am going too much out of my area of the expertise.

These projects could be sucessful: I just need to patiently work for better results to appear.

What is more for this year?

What is more for this year?

A lot of seminars, presentations and travelling. Next two weeks I am trying out my presentations.

What are the next big project?

  • database of peptide predicting tools
  • predictor of AMPs
  • maybe AmyloGraph 2.0?

Thanks

Thank you!

These projects were done only thanks to you, who worked, participated in meetings and conversations, did your best and survived all of this.

Thank you!